Daggerwood

The Daggerwood is east of Patras and west of Ostermark and Averland in the Vostarian Empire.

Geography
The Daggerwood has mostly birches and livewood trees. The place has a sense of wonder and magic around it. Animals and monsters residing here tend to be calm and non-territorial.

Inhabitants
The Daggerwood is home to a circle of druids called the Lobhadh Sinnsear, and they protect the remnants of the Daggerwood from being harvested from the Vostarian Empire. Dryads have made a convent here, believing that these woods are a holy place to them. Satyrs have moved in as well, seeking the dryads for their companionship. They mostly mind their own, but on occasion you might find a Satyr in Patras or Averland enjoying some good wine.

History
The elves used to call the Daggerwood the Aerdór-o Nost, and the forest once belonged to a great elven nation that propsered from 3713 BS to 0 AS. Aedari Sicarus's crusade against elves and those with elven descent began the downfall of the elven nation and soon nothing was left but the ruins dotting the land and the dead feeding the earth.

In 431 AS, Lucius Vostari and his refugees settled in these regions. Soon they required a vast amount of wood, tearing down the Daggerwood to what we know it as today. They would have continued if it wasn't for the efforts of the Arch Druid Elithian creating a massive thorn wall protecting what remained.

In 871 AS, Elithian made a deal with Imperator Aphesia Vostari ensuring that the Daggerwood would remain as protected ground and to not be harmed ever again. In return, the Lobhadh Sinnsear druids would give the Empire lumber from fallen trees and offer their knowledge in growing crops for the farmers so their yields would be increased exponentially.

Notable Locations

 * Elithian's Hovel
 * Circle of Nost
 * Grove of Tynarius